[Module/Plugin] Autolink (ala phpGiggle)

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[garryn]

Hi everyone,

This plugin/module combo will allow you to specify keywords for your site that can be dynamically hyperlinked when the page is loaded.

It originally started out as a straight integration of phpGiggle but, as everybody who frequents the IRC channel will know, it just wasn't that easy  I found phpGiggle suffered major performance issues and therefore I have completely recoded the plugin to be a bit more efficient (and hopefully, I've succeeded  )

However, it still draws heavily on phpGiggle, so people famaliar with that from previous experience will feel right at home - if not, have a play and see what you think.

Four link types can be dynamically created:

• By specifying a valid URL a hyperlink will be created.
• By specifying a highlight colour, the keyword will be highlighted on the page.
• By specifying an abbreviation or acronym.
• By using a template function, links to information websites and the Google search engine for a keyword can be added. (Some are included, but others can be added easily as well)

As long as you follow the install instructions (in the correct order) the plugin will be up and running in no time.

New Version 2 available! - Support for accented characters and <abbr> fix for good ole' IE

Download can now be found at: http://www.modxcms.com/Autolink-507.html

Cheers, Garry

Previous Versions: Version 1a - 216 downloads, Version 2 (pre-repository) - 117 downloads

[zi]

Great Plugin! Never used phpGiggle before... but I am right, can it be used to autolink any keyword given in the list ? for example: on webpage, wherever MODx is displayed, it converts MODx text to MODx (http://modxcms.com) link ?

Thanks,

zi

[davidm]

Exactly what I've been looking for, thanks a lot Garryn !

[Lizard]

My god Garryn ..thats AWESOME

installing to bittersweet now

[Briggsy]

Great Plugin! Never used phpGiggle before... but I am right, can it be used to autolink any keyword given in the list ? for example: on webpage, wherever MODx is displayed, it converts MODx text to MODx (http://modxcms.com) link ?

Thanks,

zi

Sure does Zi, just put the link as the value and the optional title in the title filed 

You can see it in action in my MODx sandbox as per my message footer.

[zi]

Sure does Zi, just put the link as the value and the optional title in the title filed 

You can see it in action in my MODx sandbox as per my message footer.

Thanks Briggsy! Thats great!

regards,

zi

[aNoble]

Too cool! We've been needing this for aver a year now (and I've been planning on writing it myself ever since then). You just saved me a bunch of time.

[Lizard]

one slight problem ive foubd garryn .. and its not a biggy

is that if I capityalise a word mid sentence (ie: a name ) and then have that word as a keyword .. the auto_link turns it non capitalised, this is not the xcase for start of sentences etc .. any way around this .. ive checked that its capitalized in the Modx doc AND the keyword ..


great mod tho!

[davidm]

Just a thought : could an adapted code be made into an auto-accronym module ?

That would be awesome

[Briggsy]

Just a thought : could an adapted code be made into an auto-accronym module ?

That would be awesome

It does that now

Just put the expanded title in the value field, and it works.  I use it on my site for this very purpose.

[garryn]

Right, I've just put up a new version that has a few bug fixes for when using the acronyms/abbreviations.

Now for acronyms/abbreviations, the plugin will try and use 'title' but will fall back to the 'value' if no title has been entered and acronym tags will now work when selected in the module.

For those already using this, you will just need to update the plugin code. 

Cheers, Garry

[Briggsy]

Right, I've just put up a new version that has a few bug fixes for when using the acronyms/abbreviations.

Thanks for the speedy fixes Garry working well on the site and looking smooth. I love not having to code in stupid <acronym> tags all the time.

[davidm]

It does that now Just put the expanded title in the value field, and it works.  I use it on my site for this very purpose.

Okay that's even greater than I thought, didn't try it yet why I was asking... really, this is cool

[davidm]

It works nice !

Yeah thanks for the bugfix, it works like a charm and also : great to have this localized, most certainly very helpful to have language strings here

[davidm]

I noticed something : when I input accented characters in the keyword (example : "présentation"), the term is not autolinked (or accronymed or abbreviated).

Probably something to do with the validation regexes, but I wouldn't know how to fix it...